Monday, January 11, 2010

January 11, 2010

• From Navratnas to Maharatnas• A novel way to tackle food inflation• Voting without borders• Don’t Pakistanise Yemen• India storm into final• Rajapaksa promises reasonable solution to ethnic conflict• The alphabet soup of internal security• Australia has taken a number of steps: envoy • 25-member panel on low-carbon economy constituted• Purpose of Saranagati

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

• ‘High savings rate will help sustain growth’• ‘Public sector ready for lean technologies’• Sharper focus on security• Skewed against the States• Centre studying proposal to seek Presidential reference to court(Misuse of Art.143) • Australia is duty-bound to take action: Krishna • Dhaka, New Delhi begin river water-sharing talks• Tracing the Big Bang aftermath • CBI seeks permission for narco tests on Talwars• India not an overspender: Ahluwalia • India set to lead effort for binding biodiversity treaty• Green technology electric car• Mujib killers may be executed in a month• For a fresh look at climate change• ‘Earth, Moon & Mars will form a single entity’ • “Green rating must for government buildings” • Challenges ahead in putting 2 Indians in space• Classical status for Telugu, Kannada: Court declines to intervene(We set a question on classical language in the Current Affairs Test) • World’s tallest tower • Manmohan honoured• A new ecosystem of ties in East Asia• Reverence for Acharyas

Saturday, January 2, 2010

• Export growth turns positive in November( Due to X’Mas and New Year. May not be sustainable)
• Bankers do not see any interest rate spike
• ONGC loses Algeria oilfield to Chinese consortium
• SBI revises FCNR (B) deposit rates
• Corporates weather economic downturn with vigour
• Anodyne blueprint
• Looking back on the pandemic
• Cr.PC amendments come into effect
• Gen. Kapoor’s remarks betray hostile intent, says Pakistan
• The unsettled debate on Indian poverty( Not the best that one has read)
• Tagore’s family made an art of draping sari
• India, Pakistan exchange lists of nuclear facilities
• India objects to Pakistan actions in Gilgit-Baltistan
• Pune International Film Festival from January 7
• Rajya Sabha prorogued
• Bridging the gap between NRIs and their motherland
• Raising a toast to plural culture of India
• Plea to PM to withdraw report on Bt brinjal
• Efficacy of PIL cases questioned
• Initiatives in higher education
• Vamana avatara

Jan 1

• Sensex enters Silver Jubilee year
• A tough year for exporters
• Food inflation close to 20%
• Open trade with ASEAN, Korea to begin today
• Three-fold rise in net capital inflows
• Fear of decline in agriculture growth a cause for concern
• Addressing the vulnerability
• Inevitable delay
• President invited to World Tamil meet
• Delhiite is first Indian woman to ski to South Pole
• Knighthood for Sikh judge
• U.K. Indians in New Year’s honours
• France: carbon tax ruled unconstitutional(Field Carla Bruni to change the climate)
• Russia to push asteroid away
• The dragon of inflation( by Amar Singh. Since it is a good article, it must be ghost written!)
• GSLV, PSLV flights put off
• GoM to consider 2 bills on educational reforms
• 2009 saw Water Resources Ministry change tack
• Literary award for Imran Shah
• Bt brinjal: plea to Manmohan to withdraw report
• A controversial year for oil and gas sector
• Right to water, compensation to riot victims and more
• New ICAR chief to take charge today(S. Ayyappan)
• Home Ministry to write to States to comply
• Programmes to sensitise police on human rights
• Once in a blue moon
• The year ahead — the world stage
• The ANC is failing poor Africans
• Traditional medicine threat to vultures
• The virtual economy is set to make billions
• Skanda Purana reference